Nation in focus

March 27, 2013

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Members of a ceremonial unit portraying Colorado volunteers who fought for the Union in the Civil War, left, stand with Colorado National Guard soldiers of the 169th Fires Brigade, during a prayer at a ceremony marking 150 years since the Battle of Glorieta Pass, a U.S. Civil War battle between the 1st Colorado Regiment Volunteers and Texas Confederate forces, at the Civil War Memorial on the steps of the state Capitol, in Denver, Tuesday, March 26, 2013. The battle would become the site of the westernmost battleground of the Civil War. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

Brennan Linsley/Associated Press

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Members of a ceremonial unit portraying Colorado volunteers who fought for the Union in the Civil War, left, stand with Colorado National Guard soldiers of the 169th Fires Brigade, during a prayer at a ceremony marking 150 years since the Battle of Glorieta Pass, a U.S. Civil War battle between the 1st Colorado Regiment Volunteers and Texas Confederate forces, at the Civil War Memorial on the steps of the state Capitol, in Denver, Tuesday, March 26, 2013. The battle would become the site of the westernmost battleground of the Civil War. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)